harry potter book of crimes

"It's a date! We made a bet that whoever can catch the snitch first and win the game can have a fun date with you tonight."

"To be honest, I'm actually curious about what a 'date' tastes like - is it sweet? Well, I'll leave it to Hermione first this time!"

After listening to Luna who was peeking behind her to explain, Maka became even more speechless.

"Go on a date with me?" He asked with a subtle expression, "Then you haven't planned on it. Have you told me as the client in advance?"

"Oh, I was ready to say it, but Hermione didn't think it was necessary." Luna held Maka's shoulders and tilted her head and said, "Because she said, you will definitely agree anyway - I think she said it

It makes sense.”

"Well--"

Maka couldn't help but froze when she heard this, then nodded and said:

"Okay! I must say, you seem to know me very well already! So, what about tonight... let's have a date--"

However, just when Maka was about to agree, Hermione standing in front of her finally couldn't help but said:

"Wait! I haven't agreed yet!"

To be honest, Hermione's expression was a little shy now, and even the roots of her ears were slightly pink. But when she was almost reluctant, she finally gritted her teeth and interrupted Maka's words.

"Luna," she said, glaring at Luna who was hiding behind Maka, with only one head exposed on her shoulder, "I told you, we haven't decided the winner yet! You do this...I, I

But I will never agree!"

Having said this, Hermione stared at Luna's face and suddenly emphasized:

"Didn't we already agree that day? I want to compete fairly with you! 'Fair' - do you understand?"

"But there is no absolute fairness in this world?" Luna whispered, "Just like in the game just now, you may have given up that Wronsky fake move just because you wanted a fair duel. But in fact, you

Even if you do, you still can't get rid of me... In daily training, I have seen your dive and emergency stop exercises many times!"

"Have you seen it many times?" Hermione was surprised when she heard this, "But every time I practice, you are also doing other exercises? I have never seen you looking at me...

…”

After Luna heard this, she nodded immediately:

"This is the second "unfair" thing I want to say... You know, I can sense many things around me now. So even if I don't use my eyes to see, I can always know what you are doing.

.”

As she was speaking, she paused for a moment, and then quickly continued:

"So, you understand! In fact, even if I am always lagging behind, the possibility of discovering the Golden Snitch earlier than you will be much greater!"

After Luna's explanation, Hermione seemed to have finally figured out something and said in surprise again:

"So, you were flying randomly in the midfield crowd before, but you were actually trying to disrupt your own perception?"

"Yes!" Luna nodded and said, "We have done this in order to be as fair as possible, but in the end, because my broom broke down, no one caught the snitch... Look! Even if we arranged everything

Well, good or bad luck will also affect the fairness of the game."

Having said this, she blinked her eyes and said with a smile:

"So in other words, luck is also a part of winning or losing, isn't it?"

After saying that, Luna pressed Maka's back and pushed him forward slightly. Then she giggled and stepped back, then turned around and ran away.

"Go! Hermione, you have to tell me later what dating feels like!"

"That's not something edible..."

Hermione pursed her lips, murmured in a low voice, and then moved her gaze little by little to Maka's face.

"Maka?"

"Uh... um."

"Meet you at the school gate in the afternoon."

Seeing Hermione running towards the exit of the Quidditch pitch, Maka subconsciously turned around, only to find that a lot of people present were looking at her with strange eyes.

After being stunned for a moment, he shrugged and said:

"Anyway, although it's a bit regretful... the game should end like this!"

"Oh, yes!" Professor McGonagall looked at him with a kind smile and said, "But you are wrong about one thing - as long as the students can express their youth on this field, the Quidditch Cup will never be played.

It will be 'regretful'!"

"That's right," Slughorn also smiled weirdly, but he came over and patted Maka on the shoulder and said, "Spread your youth...well, it's great to be young!"

But...of course, the victory or defeat of Luna and Hermione belongs to them, but the victory or defeat of the Quidditch Cup belongs to the entire team.

Neither of them caught the Golden Snitch in the end, so under the ruling of Mrs. Hooch and the joint discussion of Ginny and Qiu, the game was finally judged as "0 to 40" for the Ravenclaw team.

Win a game.

When the game was over, Snape teased Maka with a smile on his face:

"It seems that Slytherin has reserved the Quidditch Silver Cup this season."

In response, Maka could only say "congratulations" to him in advance, dumbfounded.

As for Hermione, Ron and others could not find her again after returning. After her roommate returned to the dormitory, everyone knew that she had hid in the dormitory as soon as she came back.

It wasn't until lunch time started at noon that everyone saw Hermione slowly "move" to the Gryffindor table and sit down in her old seat.

"Hermione, are you a little nervous?" Ron laughed and said, "It's okay, relax! Hey... I didn't expect that what you and Luna had hidden from us for so long was just a date!

"

Listening to Ron's teasing, Hermione immediately glared at him angrily.

"Shut up!" she said angrily, "I'm not nervous! Isn't it just a date... This is just a trivial thing!"

"Yeah?"

Ron was rarely afraid of her this time. He looked at Hermione first, then put his arm on Neville's shoulder and asked in a medium voice:

"Neville, look! How is Hermione different from this morning?"

"Well?"

Neville was stuffing his mouth with toast. When Ron asked, he couldn't help turning his head and looking in Hermione's direction.

"Do you want...a hair style?"

"Yes, instant smooth hair spray - what else? What else?" Ron urged, patting him on the shoulder with a smile on his face.

When Neville heard this, he stared at Hermione again. It wasn't until Hermione, who had lowered her head to endure it, couldn't hold it in any longer, raised her head and gouged him out again that he suddenly said:

"Hermione, are you blushing?"

"Oh! Merlin on top!" Ron pushed Neville away and shouted, "That's blush!"

"Bang!"

Hermione slapped her hand on the dining table, and the thud was unexpectedly loud, scaring several junior students into spilling the soup in their hands.

"I told you to shut up! Ron!"

At noon today, Luna, who had specially sat back at the Ravenclaw table, was talking to Qiu about these wild topics. She heard the sound of Hermione slapping the table. Although she didn't know what happened specifically, she still hugged Qiu happily.

His arms burst into laughter.

…

Sunday is Hogsmeade Day. Since the Quidditch match ended early this morning, everyone's schedule has returned to its usual track.

As soon as lunch time passed, the little wizards handed over their parents' signatures one after another and rushed to Hogsmeade in small groups.

Of course, because there are still many Muggles working on the hillside in front of the school, it is necessary for everyone to take a short detour.

Otherwise, it would have been too strange for a group of children in wizard robes to come out of the "ruins" and pass along the road in a mess.

And at this moment, Maka did not waste Hermione's nervousness and anticipation, and stood at the school gate early.

However, before he could wait for Hermione to appear, Ron and the others came over first.

"Maka, you will find out after a while anyway, so I'll tell you first -" Ron said quietly, "I will take Neville and the others to watch when the time comes. Remember to behave nicely! It's easy to do.

Let’s study!”

Then, he jumped away the moment Maka raised her hand, pretending to hit him, and walked along the horse path to the outside of the school gate laughing with the others.

After those guys with no eyesight had gone away, Maka put down her hand and couldn't help but have a knowing smile on her face.

In fact, he was no longer worried about the matter between Hermione and Luna. Because he knew that the two girls obviously knew what they were doing.

As for how it will develop in the future, let’s just let nature take its course!

After all, not to mention anything else, at least the matter of Haierbo is still in front of us - judging from Pansy's incident, he has even touched the edge of the "tentacles" extended by Haierbo.

Before those things were resolved, he didn't have the energy to worry about these private matters anymore, so he might as well just trust Hermione and Luna's decision.

"Maka!"

Looking at Hermione walking slowly from the castle and finally stopping in front of him, he smiled calmly and said:

"Good afternoon, Hermione...oh, are you wearing makeup?"

"Well..." Hermione pursed her pink lips and said softly, "I usually find it a bit troublesome, so I don't use it much... I spent a little more effort today."

"It looks good!" Maka nodded and said, "But as for cosmetics and skin care products, I personally recommend you to use products from the magic world, because they are all natural... Ah! I remember the MacMillan brand

good!"

While he was casually following the topic, he led Hermione and walked leisurely outside the school gate.

Under today's clear blue sky, the two figures could be seen drifting further and further away on the horse path outside, and finally slowly disappeared on a side road. (To be continued)